A385 crash in the South Hams on 25 November 2013 at 21:05 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A385 in the South Hams at 21:05 on Monday 25 November 2013. The 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2013
- Monday, 21:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42958, longitude -3.64879, in the TQ9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marldon & Littlehempston, South Hams, TQ9 6PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201350JS2F007
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 385
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2025.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 7 January 2025
2 m awayRef 2025501538762
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 21 April 2017
3 m awayRef 2017500177139
Serious
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 22 January 2018
3 m awayRef 2018500270027
Serious
Car crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 7 August 2012
3 m awayRef 201250JS2F008
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 7 December 2012
3 m awayRef 201250JS2F012
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 29 October 2014
6 m awayRef 201450JS2F003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 201350JS2F007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 2013.